Croatia - Key Statistics, Regulatory & Fixed Line Telecoms Overviews

Synopsis

The Croatian telecoms market has been shaped by the country’s bid to join the European Union (EU), resulting in market liberalisation and creation of a regulatory environment conducive to competition. Alternative operators have entered the market and launched competing services in the fixed-line market. Both alternative operators and the incumbent are investing in network infrastructure to support bandwidth-intensive services such as broadband access and triple play. This report provides a concise overview of Croatia’s fixed line market, covering regulatory developments, fixed-line infrastructure used to offer services, financial and performance data on significant fixed-line operators as well as the wholesale and IT markets.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Croatia’s telecom market
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Background
    
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Croatia
    
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation
      
    • 4.3.2 Interconnect
      
    • 4.3.3 Access
      
    • 4.3.4 Number portability
      
    • 4.3.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
      
• 5. Fixed network operators in Croatia
  
  • 5.1 Introduction
    
  • 5.2 T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT)
    
  • 5.3 H1 Telekom (Portus)
    
  • 5.4 Optima Telekom
    
  • 5.5 Metronet
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 Overview
    
  • 6.2 Telecoms & IT
    
• 7. Wholesaling
  
  • 7.1 Overview
    
• 8. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2009
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2009
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2009
• Table 4 – Internet subscriber statistics – 2009
• Table 5 – Broadband subscriber statistics – 2009
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – September 2009
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 8 – T-Hrvatski Telekom financial data – 2007 - 2008
• Table 9 – T-Hrvatski Telekom fixed lines by type – 2005 - 2008
• Table 10 – T-Hrvatski Telekom data subscribers by type – 2005 - 2008
• Table 11 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2009
• Table 12 – Workplace network usage by network type – 2008

• Exhibit 1 – The EU regulatory framework for communications
• Exhibit 2 – Access and the local loop